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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-03-20-C
AR17, KN13
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20533
President John F. Kennedy speaks at arrival ceremonies for President of Togo, Sylvanus Olympio. On platform (L-R): President Olympio; President Kennedy; Togolese Ambassador to the United States, Dr. André Akakpo; Under Secretary of State, George Ball (in back); US Ambassador to Togo, Leon B. Poullada; US Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke. Also pictured: Air Force Aide to President Kennedy, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh (below platform at left); Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs of Togo, Dr. Hospice Coco (in group behind platform); Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, G. Mennen “Soapy” Williams (in group behind platform); Naval Aide to President Kennedy, Captain Tazewell Shepard (behind platform at right, hands folded); National Park Service (NPS) Photographer, Abbie Rowe (bottom left corner of image, wearing glasses). US Marine Band stands in background. Military Air Transport Service (MATS) Terminal, Washington National Airport, Washington, D.C. [Blemishes in upper left portion of image are original to the negative.]
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20527
President of Togo, Sylvanus Olympio, speaks at arrival ceremonies in his honor. On platform (L-R): President John F. Kennedy; President Olympio (at microphones); Ambassador of Nicaragua and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa (in back, below platform); Togolese Ambassador to the United States, Dr. André Akakpo; Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General George H. Decker (behind Ambassador Akakpo, wearing hat); Under Secretary of State, George Ball; US Ambassador to Togo, Leon B. Poullada; US Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke. Also pictured: Air Force Aide to President Kennedy, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh (below platform at left); Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs of Togo, Dr. Hospice Coco (in group behind platform); Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, G. Mennen “Soapy” Williams (in group behind platform); Naval Aide to President Kennedy, Captain Tazewell Shepard (behind platform at right, hands folded); National Park Service (NPS) Photographer, Abbie Rowe (bottom right foreground, facing camera). US Marine Band stands in background. Military Air Transport Service (MATS) Terminal, Washington National Airport, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19230
President John F. Kennedy meets with William V.S. Tubman, President of Liberia. President Kennedy (seated in rocking chair); President Tubman (right of President Kennedy, holding cigar, back to camera); Elbert G. Mathews, Ambassador to Liberia (behind and left of President Kennedy, back to camera); Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, George Ball (seated on couch, facing camera); National Park Service (NPS) Photographer, Abbie Rowe (far right); other unidentified photographers. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19229
President John F. Kennedy meets with William V.S. Tubman, President of Liberia. President Kennedy (seated in rocking chair); President Tubman (right of President Kennedy, holding cigar, back to camera); Elbert G. Mathews, Ambassador to Liberia (behind and left of President Kennedy, back to camera); Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, George Ball (seated on couch, facing camera); National Park Service (NPS) Photographer, Abbie Rowe (far right); other unidentified photographers. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19228
President John F. Kennedy meets with William V.S. Tubman, President of Liberia. President Kennedy (seated in rocking chair); President Tubman (right of President Kennedy, holding cigar, back to camera); Elbert G. Mathews, Ambassador to Liberia (behind and left of President Kennedy, back to camera); Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, George Ball (seated on couch, facing camera); National Park Service (NPS) Photographer, Abbie Rowe (far right); other unidentified photographers. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.